Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99 (in white shirt),

Retired U.S. Army Col. Ben Skardon, 99 (in white shirt), a survivor of the Bataan Death March, walks through a field of blooming California poppies with members of “Ben’s Brigade” - his loyal supprt team made up of former Clemson University students of his, family, friends, and relatives of his fellow WWII prisoners of war - during the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 19, 2017. Skardon is the only Bataan survivor who walks in the memorial march, and he walks eight and a half miles. This was his tenth time doing it. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Ken Scar)